Web-Based Photo Editor Roundup

mikemuch writes "ExtremeTech has a roundup of 5 web-based image editing programs. The mostly Flash and AJAX-based webware ranges from simple touch-up services like Snipshot to the Photoshop wannabe Fauxto. They vary greatly in interface and extra goodies; some offer bookmarklets for getting images from a web page you're browsing, some offer artistic or goofy effects for you pix, but all fear the specter of Adobe's online version of Photoshop on the horizon."

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[fyngyrz]

The original poster said, and I quote verbatim, first, "So you're implying, from your very own post, that the GIMP can not [various things]" -- so it is clear that the poster is talking about the Gimp on the one hand, and not an online program, and then they go on to say "and that a $30 consumer photo-retouching application can do it better?" -- so it is clear that they again are not talking about an online program, but about the program I was referring to as compared to the Gimp. Hence my Gimp-centric and $30-app centric reply.

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The answer - as embodied in the above workflow - neither misses nor changes the point. Yes, I was saying, or implying, we can do it better. Also that we can do it faster. We can do it cleaner. We can do it more flexibly. And we can do more - a lot more. The post you refer to gives a reference workflow. I expect that poster to show me how the Gimp can replicate that workflow in time, features and convenience. Especially after that (cough) insightful "what planet are you from" crack. :-) It is one thing to be a fan of the Gimp (and for the record, I am - it's a great free tool for light work) but it is entirely another thing to credit it with a competitive level of functionality it doesn't actually offer.